第三册 unit2 第四篇 民歌.docx

Unit 2 Text 4 Folk Song Festival Attracts Thousands in GuangxiIt was a folksy（adj.有民间风味的） occasion with a difference. Befitting the capital of South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region with its history of traditional music and ethnic minorities (n.少数民族), scores of folk singers from all over the world poured into Nanning to show off their vocal（adj.歌唱的） skills. The singers, dressed in various colorful ethnic costumes, sang to their hearts content in major parks, hills in the suburbs, squares beneath high-rises or in schools. They sang in groups or in pairs. One young woman, wearing long plaits, sang with a sweet smile, while leaning against a palm tree, holding a young male singers hand in her own. The occasion was the annual International Folk Song Festival held between November 10 and 25. Long tradition To many of the nearly 3 million local residents in Nanning and to tens of millions of local people of 36 ethnic groups in Guangxi, singing has been their traditional way of life for centuries. Almost every ethnic group - Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Hui, Dong, Mulao and Maonan - holds an annual song festival. One of the biggest traditional festivals is that of the Zhuang which falls on the third day of the third month of the lunar (adj.阴历的) calendar. Their singing tradition is traceable（adj.起源于） as far back as the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The legendary diva(n.主要女歌手) among Zhuang folk singers is Liu Sanjie, who is still called the “immortal(adj.神的) singer.” Folk singing spread to every corner of Guangxi, whether in rugged mountains or in valleys. Songs are used when meeting friends, entertaining guests, working, talking, greeting newborn children and even burying the dead. At gexu (the open folk song contests), singers have to improvise lyrics to well-known tunes. During the contests, each team first introduces itself with songs, then they sing in an antiphonal(adj.对唱的) style. Then the chairman will state a theme for the teams to sing in competition. In the past, people s